Media Information

 
 
 
Collection:
ADJUNCT MODULE C: WORLD ART
Preferred Title:
Still Life - Slow Speed
Alternate Title:
Natura morta - Piccola velocità
Image View:
Overall view with frame
Creator:
Ardengo Soffici (Italian painter, 1879-1964)
Location:
exhibition: Museo del Novecento (Milan, Lombardy, Italy)
Location Note:
Piazza Duomo, 8; on loan from the Mondadori Portfolio
GPS:
45.463611 9.190278
Date:
1914 (creation)
Cultural Context:
Italian
Style Period:
Cubist; Twentieth century
Work Type 1:
collage (visual work)
Work Type 2:
painting (visual work)
Classification:
Paintings
Material:
oil paint, tempera and collage on paper
Technique:
collage (technique); painting and painting techniques
Measurements:
67 cm (height) x 49.7 cm (width)
Subjects:
still life; stencils; newspapers
Description:
In 1900 Soffici moved from Florence to Paris, where he lived for seven years, working for Symbolist journals. While in Paris he became acquainted with Braque, Derain, Picasso, Gris and Apollinaire. The words 'Piccola velocità' (slow speed) are incorporated in the work on a transport label. (Source: Wikipedia; http://en.wikipedia. org/wiki/Main_Page)
Collection:
Archivision Adjunct Module C: World Art
Identifier:
7A1-SOFFICI-SL-A01
Rights:
© Scott Gilchrist, Archivision, Inc.

Still Life - Slow Speed